Resolving the nanoscale adhesion of individual gecko spatulae by atomic force microscopy

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 2-4

  Huber, Gerrit ^a   Gorb, Stanislav N ^a   Spolenak, Ralph ^a   Arzt, Eduard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesion force; Atomic force microscopy; Gecko adhesion

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADHESION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GECKO; LIZARD; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOE;

ANIMALIA; GEKKO; SQUAMATA;

EID: 27444435338     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0254     Document Type: Article

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